Grendel SRT: KelTec SU-16 Meets Sako Hunting Rifle

This video reviews the top 10 best survival rifles for post-disaster scenarios, emphasizing lightweight, packable, and versatile firearms. The expert instructor highlights specific models like the Chiappa Little Badger for its extreme portability and affordability, the Henry AR-7 for its classic design and floatable stock, and the Ruger 10/22 Takedown for its reliability and modularity. Other notable mentions include combo guns like the Savage Model 42 Takedown and more powerful options like the KelTec SU-16 and Henry All Weather 45-70 for different survival needs.

This updated review provides a decade of real-world data on the KelTec SU-16, challenging the notion that 'KelTec sucks'. The SU-16 is praised for its extreme lightweight design (under 5 lbs), reliability with brass-cased ammo, and suitability as a utility carbine for home defense, truck, or bug-out scenarios. Specific models like the California-compliant SU-16CA are highlighted for their features.

This video details the unique 'French Finger Trap' issue with the MAS-36 rifle's bayonet, where two rifles can become unintentionally locked together. A 1951 French arsenal memorandum identified this problem, proposing a simple modification to the bayonet handle. Drilling a small hole allows a tool, like a firing pin, to depress the internal spring, enabling the separation of locked rifles.

The M134 Minigun is a scaled-down 7.62 NATO rotary cannon, requiring 24V DC power and consuming 1.5 kW. Its high rate of fire (3,000+ RPM) is essential for aircraft engagement windows. The complex delinker mechanism is critical for feeding ammunition, and practical hand-held use is impossible due to weight and recoil. Live fire demonstrates rapid ammunition consumption and the need for indirect aiming.

The H&K G11 is a revolutionary prototype assault rifle designed in the late 20th century, notable for its caseless ammunition and unique rotating drum bolt mechanism. Despite advanced features like a 2000 RPM burst fire rate and integrated optics, its development was ultimately halted by geopolitical shifts and cost concerns.

This video demonstrates the assembly and live-fire of the German 1936 pattern light mortar (L.Gr.W.36). It highlights the mortar's leveling mechanism for accuracy and the difficulty in visually tracking its 50mm projectiles after firing. The content showcases historical military hardware and its operational use.